Mapquest: Egypt to Canaan.(POETRY)(Poem)Coffey, Kathy
a此后不久,迦南地区发生了大灾荒,亚伯兰不得不又举家逃亡,他们准备到埃及去。 Hereafter soon, the Canaan area had the big famine, Abe blue has been able not but the whole family to become a fugitive, they prepared Egypt to go.[translate] ...
Canaan, area variously defined in historical and biblical literature, but always centered on Palestine. Its original pre-Israelite inhabitants were called Canaanites. Biblically, Canaanites are identified in Genesis as descendants of Canaan, a son of Ham
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PLUSDo your Biblical studies anywhere! Access $3,100 worth of premium resources on the go! Upgrade toBible Gateway Plusand get the best value in digital Bible study. 13:17–20 13:17–20The most direct route from Egypt to Canaan would have been through ...
The twelve sons and their families lived in Egypt for 400 years, eventually becoming slaves to the Egyptian pharaohs. The book of Exodus describes Israel's miraculous escape from Egypt and return to Canaan, the Promised Land. Once in the land, Israel was to follow the Mosaic Law given to ...
During the time of the Old Testament the ancient world extended from Egypt to Asia Minor over to the Caspian Sea and down to the Persian Gulf. One thousand miles from north to south and nearly 1500 miles from west to east. Only about one-third of the whole area of the ancient Near ...
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Over the cave is now the mosque El Haran, from which all but Muslims are excluded jealously (though the Prince of Wales was admitted), and in which probably lie the remains of Abraham and Isaac, and possibly Jacob's embalmed body, brought up in state from Egypt (Genesis 50:13). Near ...